course_notes/nutrient_uptake_assimilation_growth.htm
1. Definitions of terms
2. Simple kinetics
a. nutrient uptake with fixed cell composition - nutrient_uptake.htm
3. elemental composition
a. a. elemental composition - elemental_composition.htm
b. biochemical components - biochemical composition
c. comparison of % by weight and elemental ratios - elemental composition table
both approaches show that about 35% of the dry weight is C
d. stoichiometry of typical biochemical molecules - stoichiometry
4. the Enzymatic and Biosynthetic component
a. function see the diagram in biochemical composition
b. biochemical composition and processes of EnzBiosynth component
c. simulation for this unit - simulation 3
5. Functional morphology
a. morphology and CSR framework - morphology.htm
b. ultrastructure of a cyanobacterium -ultrastructure
6. Interactions between rho, mu and Q
a. Nutrient uptake and growth v.4 - spreadsheet
7. Limitations and tradeoffs of kinetics
a. relationship between Ks and Vmax
derivation of the Michaelis Menten Equation - mm_derivation.html
b. are there other ways that cells change the kinetics besides Ks?
virtual kinetics, changing morphology and ultrastructure
c. cells in a liquid environment - limitations to diffusion